Outboard motor flushing device

Abstract

The present invention is a new and improved outboard motor flushing device system for simplifying the cleaning of small horsepower motors. The system includes a horizontally oriented support plate for an outboard motor. A backing plate with long horizontal upper and lower edges and short vertical front and rear edges is positioned adjacent to the support plate with a space therebetween. The backing plate has clamps adjacent to the front edge and the rear edge with coupling bolts and wing nuts. The backing plate also has a water port therethrough with a pair of spaced apertures on opposite sides of the port. A pad is positioned between the support plate and the backing plate with an enlarged opening overlying the hole. A water channel has a bore with a sideways facing input end and an output end overlying the water port with threaded apertures on opposite sides of the water port with two screws passing through the vertically spaced apertures and engageable in the threaded apertures for the selective positioning of the housing with respect to the backing plate. Lastly provided is a horn. The horn has a threaded coupler at its inboard end secured with respect to the backing plate, and an intermediate portion extending through the pad. An enlarged outboard end is provided for directing a flow of water over the input end of the motor.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A new and improved outboard motor flushing device system comprising, in combination: a motor with a propeller and a water intake and with a horizontal support plate thereabove;   a rectangular backing plate fabricated of aluminum with long horizontal upper and lower edges and short vertical front and rear edges positionable adjacent to the support plate with a space therebetween, the backing plate having fixed clamps adjacent to the front edge and adjustable clamps adjacent to the rear edge with coupling bolts and wing nuts, the backing plate also having a circular water port therethrough with a pair of vertically spaced apertures on opposite sides of the port;   a porous foam pad, preferably neoprene, positioned between the support plate and the backing plate with an enlarged rectangular opening overlying the circular hole;   a water channel having a central bore with a sideways facing input end and an output end overlying the water port with two rows of threaded apertures on opposite sides of the water port with two screws passing through the vertically spaced apertures and selectively engageable in the threaded apertures for the selective positioning of the housing with respect to the backing plate;   a rigid horn-shaped adapter having a threaded coupler at its inboard end secured with respect to the backing plate, and an intermediate portion extending through the foam pad, and an enlarged outboard end for directing a flow of water over the input end of the motor;   a tubular coupler having an output end located within the input end of the housing and an input end with a female hose fitting whereby when a hose is coupled to the fitting it will force pressurized water through the housing, backing plate and the horn to clean the motor; and   a support plate adapted to support a motor with a propeller and a water intake.   
     
     
       2. An outboard motor flushing device system comprising: a horizontally oriented support plate for an outboard motor;   a backing plate with long upper and lower edges and short front and rear edges positionable adjacent to the support plate with a space therebetween, the backing plate having clamps adjacent to the front edge and adjacent to the rear edge with coupling bolts and wing nuts, the backing plate also having a water port therethrough with a pair of spaced apertures on opposite sides of the port;   a pad positioned between the support plate and the backing plate with an enlarged opening overlying the hole;   a water channel having a bore with a sideways facing input end and an output end overlying the water port with threaded apertures on opposite sides of the water port with screws passing through the spaced apertures and engageable in the threaded apertures for the selective positioning of the housing with respect to the backing plate; and   a horn having a threaded coupler at its inboard end secured with respect to the backing plate, and an intermediate portion extending through the foam pad, and an enlarged outboard end for directing a flow of water over the input end of the motor.   
     
     
       3. The system as set forth in claim 2 and further including: a tubular coupler having an output end located within the input end of the housing and an input end with a female hose fitting whereby when a hose is coupled to the fitting it will force pressurized water through the housing, backing plate and the horn to clean the motor.   
     
     
       4. The system as set forth in claim 2 and further including: a support plate adapted to support a motor with a propeller and a water intake.